Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!xanth!nic.MR.NET!umn-cs!uf!brant From: brant@uf.msc.umn.edu (Gary Brant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: IFF viewer, UUencode, Kermit Message-ID: <10455@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Date: 15 Dec 88 19:19:29 GMT References: <3763@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <13933@oberon.USC.EDU> Sender: news@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU Reply-To: brant@uf.msc.umn.edu (Gary Brant) Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc. Lines: 37 In article <13933@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >In article <3763@pt.cs.cmu.edu> jwz@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Jamie Zawinski) writes: >>> From: zlhb0a@apctrc.uucp (Lawrence H. Brown) >>> The iff2sun program recently posted doesn't work well for me. >>> My first guess is that the iff files are coming back mundged, >> >>Give that man a cigar! Kermit doesn't work for shit on binary >>files, even if you use binary mode. I've been bitten by this >>one before. You have to use UUencode or something. > >Sorry to contracdict you, but kermit works just fine transmitting binary >files. The trick for binary files is to use BINARY mode on BOTH ends >["set file type binary" on UNIX, for example]. > >I've transferred binary IFF files between UNIX, PC-DOG and Amiga with ahh, but have you tried transmitting binary files with Amiga Kermit 4D (060)? It occasionally drops a byte. (yes I do set file type binary on both ends) Trying to uncompress one of these damaged files may: 1) fill up your hard disk partition. 2) GURU & blow away RAD: 3) GURU back to KickStart. 4) throw you into a GURU loop when trying to boot from RAD: which has been partially damaged. (You know, GURU, hit left button, flashing light, screen changes grey shade, GURU, etc) This is all very frustrating. Furthermore files which transferred incorrectly, will do so again, indicating broken Kermit. > >-- Marco Papa 'Doc' >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu > "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -Gary Brant #include